Golden Age - Foreign Policy Flashcards
Approach to Versailles from Nationalists
Outright reject Versailles and build up army to become powerful
Approach to Versailles from Stresemann
Policy of ‘fulfilment’
Define ‘fulfilment’
Cooperate to an extent (reparations’ in order to negotiate revised treaty
During what years was Stresemann Foreign Minister?
1923-1929
When did Franco-Belgian forces leave the Ruhr?
1925
Date of Dawes Plan
1924
Date of Locarno Pact
December 1925
‘Major’ nations involved in Locarno Pact
- France
- USA
- Britain
- Italy
- Germany
Name the two parts of the Locarno Pact
- Rhineland Pact
- Arbitration Treaties
What was agreed by the Rhineland Pact?
- Respect western (Versailles) borders
- Demilitarisation of Rhineland
- Mutual defensive pact
What was agreed by the Arbitration Treaties?
- Any border dispute should be settled by foreign arbitration
- Poland, Czechoslovakia & France guarantee independence
How did the Locarno Pact impact the eastern borders?
It didn’t
When did Germany enter the League of Nations?
1926
As a result of what Treaty did Germany join the League of Nations?
Locarno Pact
List similarities between Germany and USSR in 1922
- Defeated in WW1 with harsh treaties
- Hated Polish independence
- Banned from League of Nations